Iryna Khalip
When one has to escape, one will have to ask for a corridor to Rostov promptly.
The only thing I was surprised at first about the border closure story was the airport, which remained open. The rest falls within a clear scheme. It should not be a political one.
In 1935, when the USSR was finally covered with barbed wire on all sides and Stalin imposed the death penalty for any attempt to escape abroad, it was not only about politics but also hunger. The Soviet government was well aware that if another famine started, the whole Soviet people could rush on foot and barefoot abroad. Who will remain then to cut down the forest? Slaves must be chained to the master s fence.